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“The Death of the Author” is easily Roland Barthes’ best known
text. A short essay of just seven pages, it is hard to overstate
the impact it has had on literary criticism in the English-speaking
world and beyond. It routinely features in the reading lists of
courses which introduce students to the foundational concepts of
twentieth-century literary theory, and its central ideas have been
rehearsed and adapted by many writers, artists and thinkers since
its initial publication in English in the avant-garde American
journal Aspen in 1967. The essay was then published in the
French journal Mantéia in 1968, before being re-published in
English in the collection of Barthes, Image, Music, Text,
ed. and trans. …

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10350La Mort de l'auteur3Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.